Congrats, Blossom! Too bad about the dead pixel. If it's maddening or not will depend on you and where it's at. But since you got it from Amazon, it should be easy to swap it.
Yes, you have to wait a few more days, but Amazon is pretty quick when I've had to return/refund or swap. I hope you enjoy it, whether you decide to swap or keep it!
Looks like I'm waiting until Christmas. Sigh. Played with the Flyer at Best Buy over lunch, freaked out another customer when I watched the Old Spice guy on YouTube. The speakers were cranked, oops! Still trying to convince the fiance to let me play with it and then box it shortly before Christmas. I will be a much more pleasant person, and we had a row over families and holiday scheduling, so this would be a
wonderful way to ease the burn, right? 0:-) Horrible, I know. Besides, he's
contributing to the cost, not paying for it all, so shouldn't we split the wait? I'm paying for the majority of it! I should get it for the majority of the holiday countdown. So logical.
The NC at $199 is only slightly tempting. Now that the Flyer is very much a possibly (I just have to wait and wait for it), I don't want to settle.
Yes, the Lending Library appears to totally be a way to keep people in Kindleville rather than jump ship to a more open platform. And that's fine, I guess, though it's only worth it if you already have Prime and Kindle. $80 to at the max borrow 12 books? My library (university) is $25/year and the public is $75/year for essentially unlimited movies and DVDs (due dates and fines if you're late). So, Amazon's library is only good if you're already set up for it. Boo. :-p